Nightmares, neurophenomenology and the cultural logic of trauma.
Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry June 1, 2009 DOI: 10.1007/s11013-009-9136-4 (opens in new tab)
Study at a glance
AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Theoretical or philosophical paper Peer reviewed |
|---|---|
| Topics | Dreaming |
| Key points | Argues that nightmares are co-constituted by neurophenomenological processes and cultural narratives of trauma, proposing an integrative framework that links subjective nightmare experience to neural mechanisms and cultural context. |
Abstract
Nightmares, neurophenomenology and the cultural logic of trauma.
Comparable studies
Other theoretical and historical papers on dreaming, most cited first.
| Study | Year | Design | Participants |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dreaming: a conceptual framework for philosophy of mind and empirical research | 2016 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Metaphor and hyperassociativity: the imagination mechanisms behind emotion assimilation in sleep and dreaming | 2015 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Varieties of Lucid Dreaming Experience | 2000 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| Experimental Research on Dreaming: State of the Art and Neuropsychoanalytic Perspectives | 2011 | Theoretical or philosophical paper | |
| The Neurobiology of Consciousness: Lucid Dreaming Wakes Up | 2009 | Theoretical or philosophical paper |
Citations in the library
Cited by 4
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- Psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Nightmares Distress Questionnaire (NDQ-AV) in a community sample of adolescents. BMC Psychiatry August 9, 2024
- β-adrenoceptor antagonists and nightmares: A pharmacoepidemiological-pharmacodynamic study. Journal of Psychopharmacology July 28, 2021